Well I think my NLG4 charger for my NiCD car just died. Was charging the car this morning. Left the house for an hour or so about a half hour or so before...
Stephen, Take a flashlight and get a good look at the circuit board kind of in the middle of the unit that has all the red and blue capacitors on it -- It's...
Speaking of solder Anyone tried to use the new solder with the older solder like what would be in the Brusa charger? I assume the old stuff has lead and the...
AFAIK, all electronic solder is an alloy of lead and tin. Plumbing solder is lead-free, but you don't want to use it on electronics because it uses an acid...
Greetings all: The electronics industry is in the process of changing from the traditional lead tin solder alloy to a lead-free alloy which is mainly tin. ...
I had heard something about this movement a while back (several years ago) but wasn't aware it had gotten this far! Thanks for the info, Gary. -Tom ... -- ...
One of my neighbors figured out that we could gather 240 volts by bridging to the adjacent carport space. He wired this to my outlet and I added a 240 VAC GFI...
The company I work at is going through the process of RoHS compliance. I think it is a good idea (although how do you make a RoHS compliant Lead Acid...
Tom, Sorry, but Yahoo didn't deliver your message to me until this morning. Funny I got the talk about solder, but not this one. Anyway I'm not a good judge,...
A request for troubleshooting suggestions... I have a '97 Force that has been back in service for a few weeks and doing well. Except it now requires the...
Jim Coate
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Feb 4, 2006 11:02 pm
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Jim Coate: I had the same problem with my 1992 Solectria Force. Here is what I found: 1) My pot box uses a 3/4 turn potentiometer, but the lever arrangement...
Can you or have you tried to spritz the pot itself with some contact cleaner and then exercise it. Maybe you can meter it if possible. I do know the pot box...
A Mobile Murder Mystery The first film I saw, Who Killed the Electric Car?, tracks the demise of a short-lived, much-loved piece of advanced technology. Though...
Bingo! It was exactly as Gary described... all fixed for now. If needed I may add LocTite next time. The car is now back to original (to me) power levels: 50...
Jim Coate
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Feb 10, 2006 2:15 pm
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Hi, Is there a consensus amongst list members over the typical range the Solectrias achieve at sub-highway speeds when the battery packs are close to like-new...
Mark The motor controller caps the amp draw based on whether you are in the Power, Normal or Economy Mode. My opinion is that the Lead Acid Force will do 40 to...
Greetings: I have an older 1992 2 Door Solectria Force with 8G27 Gel cells. Twelve in all brings the system voltage to 144. My maximum estimated mileage is...
Thank you Ken Olum for referring me to the PFC-20 specs. The PFC-20/30/50 are not isolated. It sounds like when you plug it into 240volts, one phase of the...
Does anyone have experience running with gel cells other then Deka? Has anyone had negative experiences with the Deka gels such as markedly shortened cycle...
Rich Rudman, maker of the PFC-xx chargers, has said that he is working on an isolated version; I don't know his timeline for production. Alternatively you can...
Jim Coate
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Feb 17, 2006 12:34 pm
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Mark Freidberg: My 8G27 Gel Batteries are from MK batteries, and have 13,000 miles on them. By looking at MKs web site and their expected cycle life, I am...
Gary, This is great information, thanks a lot. I've followed the Solectria group for a while now with interest in purchasing a Force but then in December a BAT...
Mark, Congratulations on being a new EV owner. The main difference between AGMs and Gels is that the AGMs are more tolerant of high discharge rates because of...
From: Stephen Taylor <sparrow262@...> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:47:48 -0800 (PST) My opinion is that the Lead Acid Force will do 40 to 50 miles at below...
Mark, I'm going to make one of those rash generalizations so you will need to do some more home work on your own. From what I read the power train in your car...
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